{"id":1321,"date":"2011-03-03T10:26:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T10:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/travel-plans\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T10:26:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T10:26:11","slug":"travel-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/home\/travel-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So then, the winter misery is almost over (she says hopefully) and the advent of lovely travel and fun is almost upon us.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Can hardly believe I&#39;ve not seen the sun since Mauritius in October &#8211; very unlike me (and yes I do know how&#0160;pampered princess&#0160;that sounds!) But winter is a bit of a shit long haul, so hurrah for lighter mornings, longer days and the sniff of Mr Sun popping his golden rays out every now and then to remind us that spring is finally coming. Always good when the daffs hit the shops and everyone seems just marginally less grumpy than in the dark old December\/Jan\/Feb months. 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